Folding extension for car-steps.



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UNITED STATES Patented Mey 24, 1904. Y

CLYDE I TU,13LEY, IRONTON, oHIo.

FOLDING` EXTENSION Fjon CAB-STEPS.

sIfEcIFI'cATIoN forming part ef Letters Patent No. 760,663, dated Mey a4, 1904'. Applicare@ flied february-15,1904. seriei No. 193,464. (No motel.)

To all whom it Nm3/concern:

Be it known'that I, CLYDE" K.- TURLEY, a citizen of the United States, wresiding atIronlton, inv the county of Lawrence and State of Ohio,-have invented aY certain new and useful Improvement in-Folding Extensions for Car- Steps', of which the following is a specification. Myinvention'relates to the improvement of car-steps, and has particular relation Yto the'improvem ent v of folding Yor 'ad j ustable car-steps. The objects of myfinventionfare'to-provide, in conjunction with the usual xed steps of a car one or more folding step-sections,` to provide improved means for hinging said step- -seetions one with the other and with the last in which- Figure 1 is a transverse section on line m of Fig. 3 through a portion ofthe platform and steps of acar, showing my additional folding steps in connection therewith and in position for( use. Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view showing'the position of the parts when the lower step elements are folded against-.the under side of the lower fixed step. Fig. j?) is a partial front elevation of the car-steps,` and platform, showing for the sake of clearness the outer side of'thc car broken away; and Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective, showing the rear or under sides of portions of the folding step-sections, together with the stophinge which connects the same.'

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 represents a portion of the en d of a carbody through the platform, and 3, 4, and 5 the usual fixed steps, which are mounted between the step sides 6 in the well-knownmanner.`r

- My folding step attachment preferably consists, as shown, of two sections 7 and 8,`the upper section forming when the same are in position for use a back and support for the lower horizontal step-section. These sections i7 and 8 may be constructedeither of wood or. metal, preferably `off they latter, and in case metal is employed theprojecting tubular hingemembers 9,which jointedly, vconnect-the iste'p members 7 and-8 and which are adapted gto receive the usual hinge-pin 10, are formed yintegra-l with said step members# In uniting the member-"7 `witlrthe lower Xed wooden istep l the hinge-plate `1l is secured to the under side ofsaid-stepand let into the latter" until fiush therewith, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4. The rear portions of the hinge members 9 and ll'are formed with projecting stop lips or shoulders 11 and 9a,'the beveled faces of these shoulders contacting with each other when the step back member and step 5 are at right angles with each other, as shown, this engagement of said shoulders 11a and 98L operating to limit the outwardswingingmovement of themernber 7. -In forming the integral hinge parts which unite the step members 7 and 8 the saine stop-shoulder projections are prod uced.,l Pivoted within the cas- Ving of the end of the car and projecting therefrom is a shaft 12, with which is connected on theinner side of the outer wall of the car end an arm 13, the latter extending within the casing or between the inner and outer walls of the carend and having connected with its outer end a' down ward-extending and outwardly-inclined bar 14, which passes through an opening in the side of 4the car-body adjacent to one corner-thereof and which has its lower end pivotally connected with a laterally-projecting pin 15 of the lower folding step member 8. This pin. lmay be formed integrally with said step lnemberor secured thereto, as shown. With the outer end of the'shaft 12, which projects on the outer side of the car end ata suitable point'above the platform, is connected the lower end of an upwardly-extending operating-lever- 16, the vlatter preferably working in a suitable form of keeper 17, which is secured to the car end, and which keeper-may bel provided at opposite ends with pin-holes 18 to receive a stoppin 19, which also is adapted to engage an opening in the lever 16, and thus permit of said lever being locked either in its rear or forward position. It is obvious, however, that other well-known means may be employed for locking said lever in the desired position.

It will be understood that when the lever is thrown to the position indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings the bar 14 will have been forced to its downward limit, with the result that the lower step member 8 will' be supported in a horizontal position for use as a step, and that by this means the usual .earsteps are provided with an extension which is brought sufficiently near the ground or station-platform to permit of its convenient use by passengers and obviate the necessity of employing portable footstools or other means for reaching the steps. When the lever 16 is thrown to the opposite end of its keeper 17 in the manner indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, itis obvious that the upward movement of the bar 14 will bev sufficient to close the back member 7 against the under side of the step 5 and the step member 8 against the member 7 and when said step' members are in such folded position it is evident that the Same will in no way interfere with platforms or other obstructions at the side ofthe track.

From the construction which I have shown and described it will be seen that a simple and reliable step extension is provided for cars which may be readily and easily operated.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a folding extension for ear-steps, the combination with a car-body and a plurality ol ixed steps depending therefrom, of a riser and a tread hinged together, a shoulder 9" having an angular face formed on the riser, a hinge member set into the lowermost of the Xed steps so as to lie Hush therewith and having a swinging engagement with the riser, an angular shoulder formed on the said meinber and adapted to contact with the shoulder 9u to hold the riser and tread in substantially right-angular relation when they are extended, a bar pivotally connected to the tread, and a lever pivotally connected to the bar for raising and lowering the riser and the tread.

CLYDE K. TURLEY.

In presence ot- FRED W. NEWMAN, WILLIAM J. DORAN. 

